Popularity Contagion Among Adolescents

Social Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-521

  Marks, Peter E L ^a   Cillessen, Antonius H N ^b   Crick, Nicki R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Friendships; Popularity; Preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864015590     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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